One of Ripon’s biggest employers has appointed a highly qualified Facilities Manager as the family-run engineering businesses seeks to further expand its operations. Gareth Bovington, who was facilities and environment manager at the Monks Cross shopping centre, on the outskirts of York, will supervise the day to day running of each
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Yorkshire automotive specialist launches first electric Twisted Defender
A British motoring icon has been given a sustainable twist with the global launch of the much-anticipated Twisted EV. An exclusive partnership with Dutch electrification specialist Plower will see a fully electric Twisted Defender® available for the first time. The Twisted EV will offer more than 200 miles of real world driving range,
Leeds drainage company steps up operations to serve construction
Leeds-based drainage contractor, Jet Aire Services, is gradually ramping up towards full capacity to meet demand for essential services whilst supporting the construction industry as it remobilises. The company’s site activities during the coronavirus crisis have been restricted to essential works, with key worker engineers carrying out reactive cleansing, remedial and
EN:Procure now seeking contractors for new £25m framework
EN:Procure, the specialist procurement arm of social housing consortium Efficiency North Holdings Limited, is now inviting suitably qualified and experienced contractors to join a new Lifts Framework to provide passenger lift installation, servicing, repairs and maintenance services for members and customers in the social housing and wider public sector in
Hambleton Council launches Coronavirus business survey
Businesses across Hambleton are being asked how the coronavirus pandemic has – and is -affecting them. The district council is looking to create a picture of how Covid-19 has affected the region – and how future help can be directed to local companies. It is asking businesses to complete a short survey
Reminder given to Hambleton’s holiday accommodation owners
Holiday accommodation owners are being reminded that changes to lockdown restrictions do not mean they can reopen yet. The regulations still require hotels, hostels, bed and breakfasts, holiday homes, campsites, caravan parks and boarding houses to remain closed. Hambleton District Council’s Environmental Health team has been working with accommodation providers since the
Council monitoring business operations during lockdown restrictions
Hambleton District Council’s environmental health team is monitoring operations by local businesses to ensure coronavirus regulations are being followed. In the past eight weeks officers have looked into around 200 complaints and enquiries about the lockdown rules – and with changes that came into force last Wednesday expect to be even
Hambleton school receives Taylor Wimpey donation
Hambleton Council continues to pay millions out to local businesses
Hambleton District Council (HDC) is continuing to pay out millions of pounds in business grants in response to the COVID-19 crisis, with almost £20m worth now paid to local businesses The amount already paid out represents 63 per cent of the total grant funding received from government. Approximately 2,800 businesses are
Drax’s largest biomass shipment arrives at the UK’s biggest biomass handling facility
Associated British Ports (ABP) and Drax received and unloaded the largest shipment of sustainable biomass to arrive at the Port of Immingham in the UK’s Humber region earlier this week, marking an important milestone for the port and the energy company. The Zheng Zhi bulk carrier vessel transported 63,907 tonnes of